Microsoft Project 2016 Advanced
Course Objectives
This course builds on the concepts and skills taught in Project 2016 - Introduction.
Students will learn how to work with templates, create baseline plans, monitor and update projects, analyse project statistics, handle delays and conflicts, create reports, consolidate project files, share resources, and customise Project. Students will also learn how to communicate project information by using Project Server 2016 and how to integrate Project data with other Office applications.
Contents
Work with Objects and Drawing Tools
- Insert Clip Art, Spreadsheets, Word Documents
- Organization Charts
- Using Drawing Tools
- Linking Objects to Tasks or Dates
- Show / Hide Embedded Objects
Adding Hyperlinks
- Internal Hyperlinks
- Link to Word Bookmarks
- Link to Excel Range Names
- Hyperlink Table
Advanced Grouping & Filtering
- Create Custom Groups
- Create Custom Filters
- Use organiser to transfer them
Advanced Tables and Views
- Creating Custom tables
- Formatting tables
- Formatting Gantt Chart bar styles
- Change Gantt chart View options (link lines)
- Copy views, Create new views and customise them
- Use Organiser to transfer filters, groups, tables, calendars, views, reports
- Understanding the Global.mpt
Resource / Task Allocations Advanced
- Using split views with task usage and resource usage
- Using the task usage to deal with overallocations
- Resource chart
- Enter overtime
- Share workload
- Team Planner
- Recurring tasks
- Updating project
- Comparing project versions
Reporting
- Custom Reports
- Edit report text styles
- Edit report printing options
- Edit a report structure using tables filters and groups
- Create a new report using new tables filters and groups
- External report options (visual reports in other Apps)
Multiple Projects
- Advantages and Disadvantages over summary tasks
- Sharing Resources (resource pool)
- Inserting Subproject's
- Subproject options
- External Predecessors and Successors
- Using the WBS
- Defining the WBS
Interaction with Outlook
- Email update tasks
- Team assign
- Team status
Advanced Tables and Views
- Creating Custom tables
- Formatting tables
- Formatting Gantt Chart bar styles
- Change Gantt chart View options (link lines)
- Copy views, Create new views and customise them
- Use Organiser to transfer filters, groups, tables, calendars, views, reports
- Understanding the Global.mpt
Resource / Task Allocations Advanced
- Using split views with task usage and resource usage
- Using the task usage to deal with overallocations
- Resource chart
- Enter overtime
- Share workload
- Team Planner
- Recurring tasks
- Updating project
- Comparing project versions
Reporting
- Custom Reports
- Edit report text styles
- Edit report printing options
- Edit a report structure using tables filters and groups
- Create a new report using new tables filters and groups
- External report options (visual reports in other Apps)
Multiple Projects
- Advantages and Disadvantages over summary tasks
- Sharing Resources (resource pool)
- Inserting Subproject's
- Subproject options
- External Predecessors and Successors
- Using the WBS
- Defining the WBS
Interaction with Outlook
- Email update tasks
- Team assign
- Team status
Who should attend
This course is aimed at existing MS Project users with specific training requirements.
Course benefits
Additional information
Certificates
All delegates who successfully complete this course will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
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